Farwell Woman’s Club Mother-Daughter Banquet Held
The Farwell Woman’s Club hosted a Mother-Daughter Banquet at the Methodist Church parlors on Monday evening April 1. Mrs Tom Brooks gave the invocation and 69 attendees enjoyed a pot luck supper and a group song. Various performances followed including saxophone and clarinet duet, a Mothers toast, skits, and presentations honoring the oldest and youngest mothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farwell Woman's Club
Tom. Brooks
Don.Pitchford
Bill Flower
Beth Hose
Violet Brown
Don Pitchford
Joanne Brow
Barbara Perry
Nancy Coker
Sue Ann Hines
Joan Pitchford
Kathy Rodabaugh
Dolores Scott
Carolyn
Tryon
Dorothy’ Brow
Vernie Hose
Lily Warner
Red’s sweet tooth fix makes cows eat better grass
Red uses a corn syrup spray on grass to entice cows to eat the greener high mineral grass instead of the sweeter short grass. The cows eagerly consume the sprayed patch, and Red notes each cow has a sweet tooth. He plans to continue with the method next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red
Jackson
Trs
Family tributes mark evening service portrait
The program honored Mrs. Rose Marie Mussery and several daughters including Susi¢d Paesene and Cecelia Bigelow with remarks by Barbara Perry and a benediction from Mrs. Tom Brooks. Committee members named were Mrs. Wm. LaVine Mrs. Dayton Brow Mrs. Vernie Hose Mrs. Jennie Bingham Mrs. Grace Sherman and Mrs. Olive Badger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rose Marie Mussery
Susi¢d Paesene
I Cecelia Bigelow
Motherland Home
Barbara Perry
Tom Brooks
Wm. LaVine
Dayton Brow
Vernie Hose
Jennie Bingham
Grace Sheriman
Olive Badger
Death of Bessie Alice Hayward 1884 1955 Farwell
Death notice for Bessie Alice Hayward aged 71 9 17 from Rega Township born June 25 1884 daughter of Lewis and Bell Hayward died April 12 1955 at Mt. Pleasant Community Hospital after short illness. Survived by husband William Rogers five children three daughters and twenty grandchildren and thirty five great grandchildren with two brothers Marion and Ted Hayward. Services held at Coker Funeral Home Farwell Rev Mary House officiated burial Cherry Grove Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessie Alice Hayward
Lewis
Bell Hayward
Rega Township
Rega County
Mt. Pleasant
William Rogers
Gratiot County
Farwell
Carl Alfred
William
Merlyn Rogers
Arizona
Lewis Rogers
Lake
Archie Rogers
Lansing
Carabelle Hudson
Ruby Spaneller
Colorado
Marion Hayward
Elsie
Ted Hayward
Coker
Mary House
Cherry Grove Cemetery
Local residents share visits and events across town
Mrs Christine Langing and Ja Wade at the barbershop. Mr and Mrs Lynn Archbold visited his brother Mr and Mrs John Archbold last Friday. Philip Sparta called his parents from Washington. LDS Women's Department meeting at Mrs Wlora Higgins home Wednesday. Mrs Lucille Morey of Mt Pleasant called on her parents. Big Rapids District W.S.C.S. annual meeting at Greenville May 4. Various visits to relatives in Croswell Gladwin Cass City and Brown Corner. Brownie hikes and church activities noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christine
Langing
Lanas Wade
Lynn Archbold
John
Archbold
Philip Sparta
Joseph
Sparta
Washington, D
Wlora Higgins
Woman's Department
The
LDS
Lucille ‘Morey
Mt. Pleasant
A. E. Bowers
Tom Brooks
Matt Scott
Suneday
Lake, My
Wilmot Carpenter
Benkelman
Cass City
Big Rapids
W.S
Farwell Briefs Sparse Local Social Notes
Mrs Maggie Clark and other local women attended the OES meeting in Clare last Thursday evening. Corrie King traveled to Birch Run for granddaughter Betty Snelenburger's wedding then returned home Sunday. A Sunday dinner gathered Tolledo and Clare residents including Sidney Thrush and family as well as Mr and Mrs Prank Thrush. Smelt fishing and a fish supper entertained eleven guests Saturday night. Bertha Grover had surgery in Clare Hospital last week and is home. John Craven and Henry Craven visited Mt Pleasant relatives Sunday. Local visits and travels involve many names across Clare and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maggie Clark
Dorothy Baker
Alice Hochstetler
Kathryn Graham
Tom “Brooks
Gertrude Scott
Gladys — Scott
Stella Koeplinger
O.E.S
Clare
Corrie
King
Birch Run
Betty Snelenburger
Sidney Thrush
Worden
Tolledo
Ohio
Leslie Thrush
Prank Thrush
Malry Maynard
Gerald
Flint
Jack Miller
Ethel Thrush
Pleasant
Bertha Grover
Clare Hospital
Hubie Schofield
al Young
Saginaw
Martha Woolston
Duncan Koeplinger
Elaine Irwin
Irene Gilbert
Henry Craven
John Craven
Mt. Pleasant
E. Colley
Corunna
Swartz
Owosso
Anna Ambrosier
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Joe Marsh
United States Brewers Foundation
Don’s Orchestra
Prank Salsavage
Joe Sparta
Martha Pugsiey
Gross
Mr. Pleasant Girl Scouts
Dewey Dell
Frank Warner
Howard Randall
Blue Lodge
Harrison
Sarah Brace
Frank Warney
Verna Seymour
Leona Buchel
Jack
O. W. Oliver
Alburn
Indiana
Glev
Birdsall
Mt. Hops
Avlay
Kenny Renner
Herschel, Reiss
Gene Cashin
Jack Renner
Dorothy Smathers
Hudson
Pound Farwell
Helen Schofield
Jack Renney
Viola Agile
George Trwin
Farwell Rest Home
Alton Stackman
Mear Grand Ledge
Prank Watney
Willey. Insurance
Jeff N. Willey
Illinois
East
W. Farwell
Standard Service
Bob. Rowley
Clare, Mich
BALL
Waders
Wolverine
Goodyear Welt
Kroger
Birdseye
W. K
Birdsey
Kroger Bartlett
Haven Blueberries
Avondale Tomatoes
Kroger Sauerkraut
Ballard Biscuits
Jumbo 24
Celery Pascal
Texas
Choice Centers
Swanson
Ring Bologna
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